Improvement in defvujohm-cases



C. NEWMAN. Demijohn-fi asei Patented March 23 1 1875.

Inventor Vitnesses THE GRAPHIC CD.PHOT0.-Ll"l'l1-39&4-l PARK PLAGLNX.

CARLTON NEWMAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEMlJOHN-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 6 LQGQ, dated March23, 1875; application filed February 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARLTON NEWMAN, of San Francisco city and county,State of California, have invented an Improved Demijohn- Case; and I dohereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings aresufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichit most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovement without further invention or improvement.

My invention relates to an improved case or box for containing a glassbottle or demijohn, and inside of which the bottle or demijohn issurrounded with a suitable packing for protecting it from the effect ofthe jars and shocks to which it is subjected during transportation.

Myimprovement consists in so constructing the box or case that it notonly protects the bottle or demijohn from breakage, but will admit ofits ready removal from the case, when desired, as will be more fully setforth in the following description, in which reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of my case, closed.Fig. 2 shows the case with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a View of thecover.

Let A represent an open-top box, of any desired size and shape to suitthe body of the bottle or demijohn B, which is to be packed and cased.The opposite sides 01 d of this box or case I make but slightly higherthan the body of the bottle or demijohn, so that the neck of the bottlewill project above them, as shown, while the other two opposite sides 6e I taper upward, from the sides at d, in the form of a gable, so thatthe gables will be higher than the top of the bottle B. The point of thegables, thus constructed, I out 01f, so as to provide a plane surface,and upon this surface I secure a metal plate, g.

On the outside of each of the gable-ends e e, and just below the tops ofthe sides d d, I secure a wooden strip, h, which extends entirely acrossthe ends of the case. The case cover is constructed similar to the roofof a building, with two'sloping sides, i t, and a horizontal top strip,j, secured together by wooden braces or gables K, as shown. The cover isof the proper size to fit down over the truncated gables of the box orcase, and the braces or gables K of the cover are placed far enough fromthe ends of the cover to fit down inside of the box-gables, and allowthe horizontal top strip j to rest upon the metal plate g, outside ofthem. The sloping sides of the cover will then form a root for the case,as represented. Screws m m are then used to secure the horizontal stripj to the gables. A lock can be employed, it desired, to secure the coverto the sides of the case. When this cover is removed, the entire top ofthe case is open, so that the bottle or demijohn B can be removedwithout trouble. The outside strips h It will serve as handles orgriping-pieces for the hand when moving the case about. I thus provide acheap and very convenient case for bottles, which has the advantage ofallowing the bottle to be easily removed, when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

A bottle or demijohn box or case, A, having the truncated gable-ends e ein combination with the cover, consisting of the sloping sides 11 i,horizontal strip j, and braces K, the whole secured to the top of thebox or case by means of screws m m, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

CARLTON NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

GEo. H. STRONG, JOHN L. BOONE.

